Life cannot be classified in terms of a simple neurological ladder, with human beings at the top; it is more accurate to talk of different forms of intelligence, each with its strengths and weaknesses. This point was well demonstrated in the minutes before last December’s [2004] tsunami, when tourists grabbed their digital cameras and ran after the ebbing surf, and all the “dumb” animals made for the hills.
Wise Words: Joanna Macy
The heart that breaks open can contain the whole Universe.
Wise Words: Eknath Easwaran
It is not action or effort that we must surrender; it is self-will, and this is terribly difficult. You must do your best constantly, yet never allow yourself to become involved in whether things work out the way you want.
Wise Words: Edwin Land’s wall plaque
A mistake is an event the full benefit of which you have not yet turned to your advantage.
Wise Words: Chief Joseph
It does not require many words to speak the truth.
Wise Words: Albert von Szent-Gyorgi
A discovery is said to be an accident meeting a prepared mind.
Wise Words: Rumi
The satiated man and the hungry one do not see the same thing when they look upon a loaf of bread.
Wise Words: Pietro Aretino
I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore me for telling you lies.
Wise Words: W. Somerset Maugham
We are not the same persons this year as last, nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person.
Wise Words: Winston Churchill: continue
Success is not final; failure is not fatal. It is the courage to continue that counts.
